¹ከማርያምና ከእኅትዋ ከማርታ መንደር ከቢታንያ የሆነ አልዓዛር የሚባል አንድ ሰው ታሞ ነበር።

¹Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

²ማርያምም ጌታን ሽቱ የቀባችው እግሩንም በጠጕርዋ ያበሰችው ነበረች፤ ወንድምዋም አልዓዛር ታሞ ነበር።

²And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

³ስለዚህ እኅቶቹ ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ የምትወደው ታሞአል ብለው ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

³The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ይህ ህመም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ በእርሱ ይከብር ዘንድ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ክብር ነው እንጂ ለሞት አይደለም አለ።

⁴But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

⁵ኢየሱስም ማርታንና እኅትዋን አልዓዛርንም ይወድ ነበር።

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶እንደ ታመመም በሰማ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜ በነበረበት ስፍራ ሁለት ቀን ዋለ፤

⁶When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.

⁷ከዚህም በኋላ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ወደ ይሁዳ ደግሞ እንሂድ አላቸው።

⁷Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አይሁድ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ሊወግሩህ ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ ደግሞም ወደዚያ ትሄዳለህን? አሉት።

⁸The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ቀኑ አሥራ ሁለት ሰዓት አይደለምን? በቀን የሚመላለስ ቢኖር የዚህን ዓለም ብርሃን ያያልና አይሰናከልም፤

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰በሌሊት የሚመላለስ ቢኖር ግን ብርሃን በእርሱ ስለ ሌለ ይሰናከላል አላቸው።

¹⁰But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

¹¹ይህን ተናገረ፤ ከዚህም በኋላ። ወዳጃችን አልዓዛር ተኝቶአል፤ ነገር ግን ከእንቅልፉ ላስነሣው እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

¹¹These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹²እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተኝቶስ እንደ ሆነ ይድናል አሉት።

¹²The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.

¹³ኢየሱስስ ስለ ሞቱ ተናግሮ ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ስለ እንቅልፍ መተኛት እንደ ተናገረ መሰላቸው።

¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በግልጥ። አልዓዛር ሞተ፤

¹⁴Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵እንድታምኑም በዚያ ባለመኖሬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፤ ነገር ግን ወደ እርሱ እንሂድ አላቸው።

¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶ስለዚህ ዲዲሞስ የሚሉት ቶማስ ለባልንጀሮቹ ለደቀ መዛሙርት። ከእርሱ ጋር እንሞት ዘንድ እኛ ደግሞ እንሂድ አለ።

¹⁶Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷ኢየሱስም በመጣ ጊዜ በመቃብር እስከ አሁን አራት ቀን ሆኖት አገኘው።

¹⁷So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

¹⁸ቢታንያም አሥራ አምስት ምዕራፍ ያህል ለኢየሩሳሌም ቅርብ ነበረች።

¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;

¹⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙዎች ስለ ወንድማቸው ሊያጽናኑአቸው ወደ ማርታና ወደ ማርያም መጥተው ነበር።

¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

²⁰ማርታም ኢየሱስ እንደ መጣ በሰማች ጊዜ ልትቀበለው ወጣች፤ ማርያም ግን በቤት ተቀምጣ ነበር።

²⁰Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.

²¹ማርታም ኢየሱስን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር፤

²¹Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²²አሁንም ከእግዚአብሔር የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሰጥህ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²²And even now I know that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.

²³ኢየሱስም። ወንድምሽ ይነሣል አላት።

²³Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴ማርታም። በመጨረሻው ቀን በትንሣኤ እንዲነሣ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²⁴Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ትንሣኤና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ፤ የሚያምንብኝ ቢሞት እንኳ ሕያው ይሆናል፤

²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

²⁶ሕያው የሆነም የሚያምንብኝም ሁሉ ለዘላለም አይሞትም፤ ይህን ታምኚያለሽን? አላት።

²⁶and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

²⁷እርስዋም። አዎን ጌታ ሆይ፤ አንተ ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ እኔ አምናለሁ አለችው።

²⁷She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, [even] he that cometh into the world.

²⁸ይህንም ብላ ሄደች እኅትዋንም ማርያምን በስውር ጠርታ። መምህሩ መጥቶአል ይጠራሽማል አለቻት።

²⁸And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is her, and calleth thee.

²⁹እርስዋም በሰማች ጊዜ ፈጥና ተነሣች ወደ እርሱም መጣች፤

²⁹And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.

³⁰ኢየሱስም ማርታ በተቀበለችበት ስፍራ ነበረ እንጂ ገና ወደ መንደሩ አልገባም ነበር።

³⁰(Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met him.)

³¹ሲያጽናኑአት ከእርስዋ ጋር በቤት የነበሩ አይሁድም ማርያም ፈጥና እንደ ተነሣችና እንደ ወጣች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ወደ መቃብር ሄዳ በዚያ ልታለቅስ መስሎአቸው ተከተሉአት።

³¹The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.

³²ማርያምም ኢየሱስ ወዳለበት መጥታ ባየችው ጊዜ በእግሩ ላይ ወድቃ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር አለችው።

³²Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³ኢየሱስም እርስዋ ስታለቅስ ከእርስዋም ጋር የመጡት አይሁድ ሲያለቅሱ አይቶ በመንፈሱ አዘነ በራሱም ታወከ፤

³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews [also] weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

³⁴ወዴት አኖራችሁት? አለም። እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መጥተህ እይ አሉት።

³⁴and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንባውን አፈሰሰ።

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶ስለዚህ አይሁድ። እንዴት ይወደው እንደ ነበረ እዩ አሉ።

³⁶The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!

³⁷ከእነርሱ ግን አንዳንዶቹ። ይህ የዕውሩን ዓይኖች የከፈተ ይህን ደግሞ እንዳይሞት ያደርግ ዘንድ ባልቻለም ነበርን? አሉ።

³⁷But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?

³⁸ኢየሱስም በራሱ አዝኖ ወደ መቃብሩ መጣ፤ እርሱም ዋሻ ነበረ፤ ድንጋይም ተገጥሞበት ነበር።

³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹ኢየሱስ። ድንጋዩን አንሡ አለ። የሞተውም እኅት ማርታ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ከሞተ አራት ቀን ሆኖታልና አሁን ይሸታል አለችው።

³⁹Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been [dead] four days.

⁴⁰ኢየሱስ። ብታምኚስ የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር እንድታዪ አልነገርሁሽምን? አላት።

⁴⁰Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴¹ድንጋዩንም አነሡት። ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን ወደ ላይ አንሥቶ። አባት ሆይ፥ ስለ ሰማኸኝ አመሰግንሃለሁ።

⁴¹So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me.

⁴²ሁልጊዜም እንድትሰማኝ አወቅሁ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝ ያምኑ ዘንድ በዚህ ዙሪያ ስለ ቆሙት ሕዝብ ተናገርሁ አለ።

⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.

⁴³ይህንም ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ። አልዓዛር ሆይ፥ ወደ ውጭ ና ብሎ ጮኸ።

⁴³And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

⁴⁴የሞተውም እጆቹና እግሮቹ በመግነዝ እንደ ተገነዙ ወጣ፤ ፈቱም በጨርቅ እንደ ተጠመጠመ ነበር። ኢየሱስም። ፍቱትና ይሂድ ተዉት አላቸው።

⁴⁴He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵ስለዚህ ወደ ማርያም ከመጡት፥ ኢየሱስም ያደረገውን ካዩት ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤

⁴⁵Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which he did, believed on him.

⁴⁶ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ ግን ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ሄደው ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ነገሩአቸው።

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

⁴⁷እንግዲህ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ሸንጎ ሰብስበው። ምን እናድርግ? ይህ ሰው ብዙ ምልክቶች ያደርጋልና።

⁴⁷The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.

⁴⁸እንዲሁ ብንተወው ሁሉ በእርሱ ያምናሉ፤ የሮሜም ሰዎች መጥተው አገራችንን ወገናችንንም ይወስዳሉ አሉ።

⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

⁴⁹በዚያችም ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት የነበረ ቀያፋ የሚሉት ከእነርሱ አንዱ። እናንተ ምንም አታውቁም፤

⁴⁹But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

⁵⁰ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ከሚጠፋ አንድ ሰው ስለ ሕዝቡ ይሞት ዘንድ እንዲሻለን አታስቡም አላቸው።

⁵⁰nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

⁵¹ይህንም የተናገረ ከራሱ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን በዚያች ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት ነበረና ኢየሱስ ስለ ሕዝቡ ሊሞት እንዳለው ትንቢት ተናገረ፤

⁵¹Now this he said not of himself: but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

⁵²ስለ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን የተበተኑትን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች ደግሞ በአንድነት እንዲሰበስባቸው ነው እንጂ።

⁵²and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.

⁵³እንግዲህ ከዚያ ቀን ጀምረው ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ።

⁵³So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.

⁵⁴ከዚያ ወዲያም ኢየሱስ በአይሁድ መካከል ተገልጦ አልተመላለሰም፤ ነገር ግን ከዚያ በምድረ በዳ አጠገብ ወዳለች ምድር፥ ኤፍሬም ወደምትባል ከተማ ሄደ፤ በዚያም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁴Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he tarried with the disciples.

⁵⁵የአይሁድም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር። ብዙ ሰዎችም ራሳቸውን ያነጹ ዘንድ ከፋሲካ በፊት ከአገሩ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጡ።

⁵⁵Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶ኢየሱስንም ይፈልጉት ነበር፤ በመቅደስም ቆመው እርስ በርሳቸው። ምን ይመስላችኋል? ወደ በዓሉ አይመጣም ይሆንን? ተባባሉ።

⁵⁶They sought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye? That he will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷የካህናት አለቆችም ፈሪሳውያንም ይይዙት ዘንድ እርሱ ያለበትን ስፍራ የሚያውቀው ሰው ቢኖር እንዲያመለክታቸው አዘው ነበር።

⁵⁷Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.